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Moridilla nudibranch (no English common name)
Moridilla maldivensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1635082, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Moridilla nudibranch (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Moridilla maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea slugs
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.2 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
An aeolid nudibranch whose name refers to the Maldives, with a translucent body covered in many finger-like cerata. Aeolid nudibranchs store stinging cells from their prey in these cerata. It is one of the sea slugs most often photographed in the Maldives.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=81, 10 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Moridilla-maldivensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1635082
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1447256
- inaturalist.org /observations/395263382
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.